Chapter 4 Huarong Road
The three-foot-tall green dragon glaive was tightly held in his hand, a pair of slender phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and the whole person looked closely at the enemy rushing from the opposite side like a long-standing god of war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info The enemy is getting closer and closer, and gradually you can see the resolute look on that familiar face.
"They all have the determination to die." Guan Yu understands this very well. He gently lifted the Qinglong Knife in his hand. The sharp blade shimmered with a cyan luster, and the cold chill echoed with the dragon carved on it, making people feel an amazing momentum at first glance.
The eyes of the five hundred school swordsmen, as well as Guan Ping and Zhou Cang, were focused on this knife. For them, the knife was undoubtedly a command, a call to attack. As long as Guan Yu swung this knife hard, then the final siege against Cao Cao began, and his side could definitely easily take this great credit. As for the allies beside him, the arrogant prince has already negotiated terms with them, and they will no longer interfere in the matter before them, as long as they can take care of everything on their side.
The cyan blade gradually rose upwards, slowly raising it above its head. Guan Yu didn't do this action very quickly, but it didn't give people a sense of procrastination at all, but made people really feel the domineering that belonged to the king.
Yes, after years of fighting and hard training, his level as a military general has reached a very high level, he has completely broken through his former self, and in some respects even surpassed Lu Bu, a military general who was considered to be the number one in the world, reflecting the strength of a king and a sage.
In the face of a weak enemy on the opposite side, he can be said to be humble to the world. As long as he is willing, he doesn't need the five hundred elites under his command to do it, and he can even take the heads of Cao Cao and the others among these thousand people with one person and one horse. After all, when they got here, Cao Cao and they were really weak to the extreme.
"It's extremely weak, yes. Don't look at them one by one, they are actually just the last struggle before they die. Guan Yu understood this very well, but with a solemn face on the surface, he didn't know if he could swing the knife in his hand, the generals of Cao Jun in front of him were enemies, but when were they also his friends. He has not forgotten the events of Xuchang in the past. After hanging the seal and sealing the gold and leaving that day, Cao Cao had to chase after him to take care of him, and he was not forgotten. I am a person who values love and righteousness, can I really do it at this moment? The eighty-two pound Qinglong Glaive is extremely heavy for others, but he has always used it as a thing, and he has never felt his weight. But right now, he felt that what he was holding in his hand was too heavy and heavy, and it was so heavy that he didn't move.
"Can you do it? Can you really do it? Guan Yu asked himself, sometimes he really hated the bottom line he insisted on in his heart.
The green dragon glaive that was raised high was gently put down, and Guan Yu let out a long sigh but didn't look over. Sometimes the bottom line is the bottom line, and no matter how difficult the heart is, it is impossible to overturn the existence of the bottom line.
Guan Yu didn't give the order in the end, but he was ruthless in his heart. He was waiting, waiting for Cao Cao to swing the sword in his hand at his own people before launching an attack. Although it is very likely that his subordinates will be harmed, if there is no such damage as a foreshadowing, he will not be able to harden his heart. He needed a reason, a reason to get himself to act. Maybe this seems a bit hypocritical to others, but as far as Guan Yu himself is concerned, there is no way to do it, he has to do it.
Guan Yu's subtle action was a little weird in Cao Cao's opinion. He was stunned for a moment, but subconsciously pulled the mount under him. He will always be a man who is more rational than emotional. Although the momentum ahead was full of momentum, as if he was going to give it a go, it was just a momentary surge of blood, but a cold wind slid through his cheeks, and he quickly regained his inner calm. There is a dead end in front of him, and he understands this very well, so how to solve this dead end? It's absolutely not okay to rush forward like this, it's just to die. Is there another way? Maybe Guan Yu turned around like this, which also represents something.
However, Cao Cao did not intend to give up this assault just like that. Although he relied on his understanding of Guan Yu to somewhat understand what kind of person Guan Yu was and what he generally thought at the moment, he still didn't dare to guarantee that his perception was true and correct. Therefore, he planned to give it a try and see what kind of arrangement Guan Yu had for his side at the moment.
He slowed down his mount. Although it is still moving forward, it has been surpassed by several people. As he slowed down, several generals around him also slowed down, they were also clever and transparent people, maybe the time of enlightenment was a little slower than Cao Cao's, but they were not only hot-blooded hairy boys after all.
Things are getting a little anticlimactic. Cao Cao and his generals slowly changed from the initial rush to the last to wait and see, and everything was done unconsciously. The soldiers of Cao Cao's army, those who had given up hope of survival and only thought of the last crazy little soldier did not pay attention to this. They still rushed forward in ignorance and fearlessness.
There was a distance of nearly 100 zhang from the starting point of the charge to the place where Guan Yu was on the spot. It's not too far, it's not too close. Guan Yu originally considered that he would have to fight with the cavalry of his allies before he put the team at this distance. This is also the care he gave to the other party, after all, he is an arrogant person who does not deceive, and the other party's respect for him from the beginning makes him retain a deep affection for him. This made him accommodate the other party a little in some places. Of course, there is also a saying for this accommodation, and the two sides have already discussed and properly handed over the command of the current battlefield to Guan Yu to solve it. At the moment, Guan Yujun did not move, so Zhou Rui on Li Sheng's side naturally did not make any moves, as if they regarded the charge of Cao Jun in front of them as if they did not exist, and remained silent.
"Step on ...... The footsteps sounded on the field ...... chaotic, and there was no queue of people rushing to speak of it. Cao Jun, who was originally brightly armoured, fell to the point where he was not much better than a beggar, and this rush was not so pleasing to the eye. However, no one dared to underestimate their charge, for they were now united.
"Not for its momentum, only for its heart" In the face of Cao Jun's indomitable momentum, although Guan Yu's side is not afraid of this, it is normal to take them seriously as their opponents on an equal footing. The so-called "valuing the enemy means valuing oneself".
Even out of arrogance in his heart, Guan Yu didn't want the enemies he encountered to be soft-footed shrimps. In his opinion, there is no glory in fighting such an enemy. Because that's pure bullying. Guan Yu didn't want to be said like this by others. Although he did not give an order at this moment, his soldiers were still in full spirit. They were all personal soldiers who followed Guan Yu, so they naturally knew very well what kind of person the general they served was. Under Guan Yu's long-term teaching, they have also been somewhat infected with Guan Yu's slightly arrogant personality: they don't bother to do things that bully people.
Although the other party launched a charge towards their side, they still did not make any action without Guan Yu giving an order. They just stayed like this, paying great attention to Cao Cao's subtle changes, and watching each other get closer and closer to themselves very silently, and gradually reached a place about twenty zhang away from them.
"What will they do?" Seeing that the other party was already so close to his side, Zhou Cang, who had been waiting for Jun Hou to give an order, couldn't help but look at the ally opposite, and was also a little curious about their actions. Twenty zhang, this is a guard position, once the enemy crosses here, the cavalry is not very easy to charge. This distance is nothing special for Guan Yu's headquarters, which is also an infantryman, but the troops from the ally Li Sheng's command on the opposite side are all cavalry. Although they already have an agreement with themselves, the agreement is only an agreement, they are not on their own side, and naturally it is not good for them to act completely according to their own wishes. If they launched a blow against Cao's army at this time, would it make General Guan angry? Zhou Cang was very aware of Guan Yu's complicated feelings for Cao Cao at the moment. Therefore, while paying attention to the terrain in front of him like others, he also quietly paid attention to the movements of the group of allies around him.
Suddenly, they had a move. Although it was only a small movement, just letting a small group of more than a dozen soldiers go backwards from the tail of the team, but after all, there was a movement. In the noisy environment, this action is inconspicuous, most people's energy is focused on Cao Jun's assault, and not many people notice here, but after all, they also have a move. "What are they going to do?" Zhou Cang was curious about this. His mind was completely absorbed by the changes in this side, so that he stared at this place for a long time, not noticing that the enemy in front of them had been forced to a distance of less than ten feet from him.
However, the continuation of the change did not happen in the direction he had noticed. When Cao Jun approached Guan Yu further, the sky seemed to be going crazy, causing the earth to resound with a thunderclap and thunder. The earth erupted in trembling, and the flying smoke and dust rushed high into the dark night sky like a fountain in the mountains, and the flowers made of dust bloomed brightly, the flowers were yellow, but the faint red light was clearly visible in them.
"Why is it that the heavens are so angry?" People who don't know what this is are thinking. In their opinion, they can only use the "power of heavenly wrath" to describe the changes in front of them. The "power of heavenly wrath" is irresistible to ordinary people. I saw that the group of people flew up to the sky wailing under the effect of "heavenly wrath", and then fell down heavily. Although it is said that there were many people in the past, there are still many "people" now. It's just that these "people" can no longer be called people, they have all become broken corpses, as if they have passed through the journey of the horses to divide the corpses, the severed heads, the severed hands, and even the intestines that flew out and scattered scattered returned to the earth. When the smoke cleared and the dust fell, what appeared in front of everyone was such a terrifying scene of hell.
It was not the first time that Cao Jun had been attacked by this weapon, but unlike the last time when only the elite of the tiger and leopard riders enjoyed this kind of feast-level treatment, this time everyone saw the powerful power that this man could not resist. Although he had heard that his enemy had such a weapon, and had already thought about the power of this weapon many times in his heart, it was just a fantasy no matter how much he thought about it, and in any case it was not as shocking as what he had seen with his own eyes - but in the blink of an eye, a small group of nearly 100 people had just stepped in. If this is normal times, it would at most surprise Cao Cao, but at this time, the current change has caused Cao Jun to lose the last exhilarating confidence: how can such a force be resisted by human beings?
The incident took place at the vanguard of the former army, and both the Chinese and rear armies suffered only a few twists and turns. When all the dust settled, Cao Bing, who found that he was still alive, shouted and ran towards his lord with a terrible shout. They were all frightened, and they only wanted to take refuge in the generals' commands, waiting for the final verdict. Moving forward is death, and retreating is death, but at this moment, they no longer have the courage to move forward.
"Well, it really doesn't work." Cao Cao looked at the defeated soldiers, and looked at the generals and strategists who were obviously as pale as himself, and sighed heavily in his heart. "They will never be able to fight the enemy again, at least until they recover." Cao Cao quickly confirmed this, and the Heavenly Sword in his hand trembled slightly, almost unable to hold it and fell out of his hand. Things have reached such a point that it is impossible for him not to be discouraged.
"What now?" Cao Cao asked his subordinates around him with a pale face and a little dejectedness, "Can you still fight again?" ”
"How can this be? Not to mention that the morale of the army has been lost now, even if it is not lost, it is still lacking in horsepower, how can it fight again? What's more, the other side also has that terrifying sorcery and cavalry ready to go. All the generals shook their heads, but the panic on their faces was clearly visible. The shock just now was big enough for them.
"What then? Just wait to die? Cao Cao's face was very bad, and there was a hint of despair between his eyebrows.
"That's not going to work." Cheng Yu, who was a little embarrassed on the side, said: "I heard that Yun Chang is arrogant and can't bear to be down, bullying the strong but not bullying the weak; The grievances are clear, and the faith is well-written. The lord was kind to him in the past, but now as long as he puts down his face and asks him in person, he should be able to escape this catastrophe. ”
"Is this possible?" Cao Cao was like a man in the water who grabbed a life-saving straw, and his eyes shot with excitement.
"It's not easy to say yes or no. It's just that at the moment, we don't have any other way to think of it. You should give it a try. "Cheng Yu isn't entirely sure.
"yes." Cao Cao groaned slightly, and then walked forward step by step towards Guan Yu. Although it is definitely a very faceless thing to let yourself personally beg the other party to raise your noble hand, Cao Cao can't care so much when survival is above all else. He was originally a very practical person.
Cao Cao stepped forward, and everyone's eyes were focused on him at once. They watched him slowly cross the soft land of death, and came to Guan Yu with a surge, bowed and asked softly, "General, don't come unharmed!" ”
Cao Cao's greeting made Guan Yu turn around. He hadn't seen the accident with his own eyes, although he heard a lot of sounds in his ears, but it wasn't real after all, and when he suddenly saw this hellish miserable image, he couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise and horror in his eyes. In the face of Cao Cao's kind words, he couldn't stand up, thinking of his interactions with himself in the past, he also replied: "Guan Mou has been waiting for the prime minister for a long time under the orders of the military general. ”
"Yun Chang, you and I haven't seen each other for many years, but I don't want to meet today." When Cao Cao said this, the tears in his eyes suddenly welled up and fell: "Today's exercise is defeated, and there is no way out." Cao is a strong person, and he rarely asks for help on weekdays. Today, he is lonely and helpless, and he brazenly pleads with the general, hoping that the general can focus on the friendship of the past. ”
"The prime minister's words are wrong! In the past, although he was favored by the prime minister, he had beheaded Yan Liang, punished Wen Ugly, and relieved the siege of the White Horse in order to repay him. Today's events are already enemies and friends, how dare someone abolish the public with private interests? Guan Yu's phoenix eyes widened slightly, and his left hand stroked the long hair under his chin and shook his head. He thought he didn't owe Cao Cao anything.
"How can Yun Chang forget about the sealing of the gold? What if I had chased you that day? The eldest husband values faithfulness and righteousness. The general is well aware of the righteousness of "Spring and Autumn", hasn't he heard of Yu Gongzhi's chasing after his son? Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu expectantly with tears in his eyes, and the pleading look in his eyes was already very obvious.
Hearing Cao Cao question himself like this, Guan Yu's face was faintly a little unbearable. He only felt that his cheeks were slightly hot, and he faintly felt ashamed. "I don't stand on the righteousness of this matter." He thought with a little shame. He was originally a person who was as righteous as a mountain, but at this moment, seeing Cao Cao's pleading look, thinking of Cao Cao's many kindnesses to himself in the past and the things that did not chase him when he left, where would he not waver in his heart? He looked at the panicked appearance of the soldiers of the Cao army, and looked at their faces that were all about to cry, he was really a little unbearable, and immediately reined the horse's head again, and ordered his soldiers: "Spread out." ”
"Huh?" Zhou Cang was stunned when he heard this, "Scatter around? This is obviously to let Cao Cao go. What happened to Jun Hou? Could it be that he was really moved by Cao Cao? Zhou Cang was puzzled, and looked at Guan Yu in a daze for a while, but after all, he didn't move his footsteps. He is already a highly regarded lieutenant under Guan Yu, and even in the hands of the school knife under Guan Yu, he has a strong appeal. At this moment, he didn't move, and at least a third of Guan Yu's pro-soldiers didn't move, they all stood there in a daze, looking at Guan Yu in amazement, for a long time, before Zhou Cang asked tentatively: "Jun Hou?" Are you sure you want to? ”
"Huh!?" Guan Yu snorted heavily and didn't say anything. Zhou Cang had already learned Guan Yu's mind from it. "Spread out." This is really Guan Yu's own meaning. There is nothing that can be done about this weekly position. He couldn't convince Guan Yu, so he could only helplessly obey the order and disperse. Although he also knew that this was not right, it was not just about letting Cao Cao go, but the general was doing it in front of his allies.
"Well, what kind of displeasure does this cause them?" Zhou Cang looked worriedly at the still speechless side, and the uneasiness in his heart expanded.
Cao Cao's breakthrough did not waste any time. Because it was a life-threatening matter, Cao Cao was very anxious. Almost as soon as Guan Yu's order arrived, his side quickly made a move - rushing forward quickly. By the time Zhou Cang listened to Guan Yu's order and honestly spread out to both sides, they were already less than ten steps away from Guan Yu's side. They ran like the wind and quickly passed through the defense line on Guan Yu's side. The stance, the speed made one almost wonder if they had just pretended.
"Wait! And let's not forget our allies. Seeing that Cao Jun was about to break away, Zhou Cang, who was a little anxious in his heart, shouted loudly, wanting to remind Guan Yu, who had been moved by Cao Jun's soft words.
"Huh? Ally? Guan Yu remembered this, he turned his head sideways to look for Li Shengjun's traces, but found that they had been moved by his own stragglers and Cao Cao's chaotic army, and had to flash to the side. Yes, I didn't come alone. If Cao Jun is released like this, what will they say about themselves and their eldest brother? Guan Yu was anxious, and felt a little remorseful in his heart. He valued his own reputation and, even more, his brother's reputation. He did not want both to be defiled for his sake.
"Phew! Hugh away! Guan Yu returned to the horse and shouted. At this point, he realized the seriousness of what he was doing.
"Cloud Chief!" Cao Cao, who thought he could escape the catastrophe, was frightened by Guan Yu's drink, and he hurriedly rolled to the ground and crouched on the ground, the tears in his eyes were already falling. Under his leadership, everyone in Cao Jun wept. They all know whether they can survive or not, it all depends on Guan Yu's thoughts.
"Alas......" Seeing their miserable and sad appearance, Guan Yu's heart became more and more unbearable, but the attention of his allies and the seriousness of causing this matter always involved his heart in the final decision. He hesitated, and the look on his face was uncertain. "Do you want to let them go or not?" Guan Yu was embarrassed.
At this moment, a messy sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the rear. When Guan Yu turned around to look, he saw that Zhang Liaozheng was riding a stumbling war horse in an embarrassed manner, dragging a few of his subordinates who were still in stock. When I got closer, I didn't feel stunned when I saw the situation here, and then I walked silently as if I had understood something. The silence and dead silence on his face, the embarrassment and scars on his body, all made Guan Yu, who watched him pass by, see it clearly.
Seeing that Zhang Liao was like this, Guan Yu felt very sad in his heart. His friendship with Zhang Liao in the past was very good, and Zhang Liao would be put into Cao Cao's account because Guan Yu interceded for him, and the reason why Guan Yu was able to come and go "freely" in Cao Cao's military camp was naturally indispensable to Zhang Liao's help. The two can be said to be old friends. At this moment when they met again after being separated for nearly ten years, Guan Yu saw that he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, and asked stupidly: "Why is Wen Yuan like this?" ”
"Yun Chang, when you and I meet today, we are enemies and enemies, and there is nothing to say. If I can die at your hands, I will have no regrets in this life. I don't ask you to let me go, I just hope that when you follow the emperor uncle to the Central Plains in the north, you can take care of my family in Xuchang a little. I've owed them a lot in my life. Zhang Liao did not answer Guan Yu's question, but sighed deeply, and said his "will" seriously, he was ready to die.
"Wen Yuan......" Hearing Zhang Liao say this, Guan Yu felt even more uncomfortable in his heart. He closed his eyes, turned back again, and said in a deep voice, "That's it, that's it! Let's go, I'll take care of everything here! ”
Zhang Liao was speechless, but he still moved forward heavily. Cao Cao stood up from his prostration, his teardropping face full of excitement: "Thank you Yun Chang." He rejoiced and mounted his horse, but did not dare to say anything more, and went away without hurrying.
Guan Yu returned to Ma Lebing, and silently planned to go back and ask his eldest brother for his guilt. After all, this is a felony of collaborating with the enemy, even if it is emotionally reasonable, but it is a real violation of military law. Guan Yu is an understanding person, so he naturally knows what the consequences of violating military law are. He did not regret it, and was ready to confess his sins.
"General Guan, are you going to go back like this?" A young voice suddenly remembered in the distance, Guan Yu looked away, but saw that the speaker was Li Shengjun's general who was assisting him in the battle at this moment, Zhou Rui, a young general with a weak crown.
"It's over. Although I have a clear conscience for letting Cao Cao go, it is a big crime after all, and I plan to go back to confess the guilt. Guan Yu looked into Zhou Rui's eyes, as if telling the story of an unrelated person, and said his next behavior.
"It's not a big deal!" Zhou Rui shook his head gently: "In the past, Cao Cao carried out a massacre in Xuzhou. My lord and I escaped from there, and both of our relatives died under Cao Cao's sword. We only hate Cao Cao, but does the general know why I didn't stop you from letting Cao Cao go today? ”
"Oh! Why is that? Hearing Zhou Rui tell such a fact, Guan Yu's curiosity was aroused, and he asked in a harmonious voice.
"Because now is not the best time for us to kill Cao Cao." Zhou Rui replied calmly.
"What do you say? Isn't it a big benefit for us to get rid of Cao Cao now? At least minus a terrible enemy. "Guan Yu doesn't understand this, he thinks that he is in this matter for private reasons and for public losses." For the eldest brother, it should be better without Cao Cao. He thinks so.
"Not really." Zhou Rui shook his head gently: "When the lord told me about this matter, I also thought about it with Jun Hou, but now that I think about it, things are not as simple as I imagined. Please think about it, if Cao Cao dies now, what will happen to the north and what will happen to the world? ”
"North? World? Guan Yu fell into thought when he heard this, and it took a long time before he smiled: "I understand." At present, Cao Cao must be kept to guard the north for us. ”
"It's good that you understand. At present, there are three parties, Gui, me and Dongwu, Dongwu is the most powerful, and they may not have the idea of annexing us. If we want to survive, we have to work more closely together. Uncle Huang is the uncle of my father-in-law, and the intimacy between each other is not comparable to outsiders, and at this time, we must rely on each other. Zhou Rui looked at Guan Yu sincerely and said.
"That's exactly how it should be!" Guan Yu laughed. He was very grateful to Zhou Rui, because this young guy had relieved himself: since letting Cao Cao go was not harmful to his eldest brother's career, he didn't have to feel guilty about it. The world is big, and it is the biggest to help the eldest brother revive the Han family.